Great vids. My era. When professionals bowled with subpar equipment compared to todays standards and still got it done. Much more talented than todays professionals.
WOW! Just WOW! Amazing, truly amazing. Thank you so much! Now Mike, if you can find the telecast of the 1976 Monroe-Matic Toledo Open, I will be in heaven.
me too. Age 12. Won my first trophy, high game, 279. Eleven strikes. 1000s of games later i tied it twice, never beat it. I remember missing head pin and still getting a strike lol
One thing that hasn't changed since 1970's is if you leave a solid 8 pin , the five is still not deflecting in to the 8 pin, it's going straight back. Same thing for left handers, five is going straight back, you leave the 9 pin, not deflecting to the 8 pin.
Durbin explained it the best. On a flush hit, the headpin hits the two, then the butt of the headpin pushes the five a bit to the right so the ball can chop it off while driving through.
At beginning of video it is stated that this is Mr. Holmans first broadcast. This is the Tournament of Champions where a pro must win a tournament to qualify. Were their non televised touraments?
8:09 - PBA pays so much less today when factored for inflation. About the only sport I know of that has happened to. Look at 40:00 to see that even those who placed in the teens made good money.
He was soaking his plastic bowling balls in a acetone like solution such as Trichloroethylene. This would make the ball very soft, thereby allowing more of the ball to grip the lane, which would increase the hook.@@MrChristopherHaas
@MrChristopherHaas Back in the 70s we would soak bowling balls in paint thinner to soften the surface of the ball. It would hook like crazy on heavy oiled wooden lanes.
Great vids. My era. When professionals bowled with subpar equipment compared to todays standards and still got it done. Much more talented than todays professionals.
I look forward to these every Saturday when I was a teenager. And Marshall Holman is my favorite bowler 👌👍
The hair! The gaudy attire! Loved the 70s.
wow this video has a lot going on, the bowling, the outfits, the hair, the ford pinto and yaz with a shotgun. thnx for the show.
This is a sensational find - with clips from the inaugural Hall of Fame class it looks like! Well done.
And the commercials..😊
WOW! Just WOW! Amazing, truly amazing. Thank you so much!
Now Mike, if you can find the telecast of the 1976 Monroe-Matic Toledo Open, I will be in heaven.
Indeed! That's another one of the great white whales of bowling tapes. That, and Earl's 299 in Cleveland.
this is the year i started league bowling, i'm 74 yrs old and still at it. i luv bowling.
me too. Age 12. Won my first trophy, high game, 279. Eleven strikes. 1000s of games later i tied it twice, never beat it. I remember missing head pin and still getting a strike lol
@@MrChristopherHaas it's funny how you can really miss the shot and it still goes sometimes, then you know it's your night.
@@steveperry1344 so true.
Yay please keep them coming. Very valuable video ventlemen.
One thing that hasn't changed since 1970's is if you leave a solid 8 pin , the five is still not deflecting in to the 8 pin, it's going straight back. Same thing for left handers, five is going straight back, you leave the 9 pin, not deflecting to the 8 pin.
Durbin explained it the best. On a flush hit, the headpin hits the two, then the butt of the headpin pushes the five a bit to the right so the ball can chop it off while driving through.
Thank you very much!
Harahan has a great delivery.
Tim has the best RBF ever
Thanks for this its great and very clear, haha look at Holman all that hair and look at those clothes
Marshall with no mustache and lots of 70s hair
how did he lose so much of it so quickly? pressure i guess
Now he has a mustache and no hair and about to be in his 70s lol
@@MrChristopherHaasGenetics and stress. Every pro bowler feels "pressure".
@@akbarshabazz-jenkins7847 ive noticed that many of them ended up prematurely bald.
@@MrChristopherHaas Even today lol just look at EJ Tackett and Anthony Simonsen lol
Yellow outfit man looks like he's in his mid 50's but he's only 39 here.
i consider this a changing of the guard right here
How about the pants some have on.really cool.
At beginning of video it is stated that this is Mr. Holmans first broadcast. This is the Tournament of Champions where a pro must win a tournament to qualify. Were their non televised touraments?
He won a PBA summer stop in 1975 that wasn’t televised
@@Revs300 thank you.
should be billy hardknox, he gave it a run.
Absolutely great. Also, it's always nice to see McCune trounced... the cheat.
Wasn't he the guy who came up with the "soaker"?
@@obijuanaplease explain
What happened to Hardwick?? Black eye??
He was perpetually unhealthy.
low iron deficiency anemia I had that when I was a teenager
@@taxpayer1962thank you, was afraid someone beat him up
marshall holman at that age looks like the guy that does the hot dog snowboarding in the olympics.
looks like “Fast Times at Ridemont High” lol
luv schenkle and burton.
8:09 - PBA pays so much less today when factored for inflation. About the only sport I know of that has happened to. Look at 40:00 to see that even those who placed in the teens made good money.
1975 ToC please!
That’s one I’d love to see
Holman was one hell of a bowler but that Ted Bundy serial killer hairstyle was not necessary.
Holman is pretty obnoxious
Wonder if McCune was using a soaker?
whats a “soaker”?
He was soaking his plastic bowling balls in a acetone like solution such as Trichloroethylene. This would make the ball very soft, thereby allowing more of the ball to grip the lane, which would increase the hook.@@MrChristopherHaas
@MrChristopherHaas
Back in the 70s we would soak bowling balls in paint thinner to soften the surface of the ball. It would hook like crazy on heavy oiled wooden lanes.
@@Ramon-oy5fq ahhh. thank you
@@Ramon-oy5fqIt was definitely hooking in this video. I bet he did.
@41:44 Chris hardwick
Some terrible hair on HotHead Holman. 1970s white belts and bells. . McCune dressed like a canary. Burton kissing Holman's rear.
Lol...helluva time eh? 🤣
lol hardwick never had "talent"
My Grandma hated holman, she called him creep holman 😮. 😂
All those stone 8s on Lane 27! 😮